--- title: _ 486-97) the whole story is a mythological one, Kulhwych's mother b… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: _ 486-97) the whole story is a mythological one, Kulhwych's mother being the dawn, the clover blossoms that grow under Olwen's feet being comparable to the roses that sprung up where Aphrodite had trod, and Yspyddadon being the incarnation of the sacred hawthorn. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (486-97, mother, clover blossoms, feet), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7885:47:27 # text = _ 486-97) the whole story is a mythological one, Kulhwych's mother being the dawn, the clover blossoms that grow under Olwen's feet being comparable to the roses that sprung up where Aphrodite had trod, and Yspyddadon being the incarnation of the sacred hawthorn. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ _ 2 486-97 486-97 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 mythological mythological ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 Kulhwych Kulhwych PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 clover clover NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 blossoms blossom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 under under ADP IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 Olwen Olwen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 28 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 cop _ _ 29 comparable comparable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 advcl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 sprung spring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 37 Aphrodite Aphrodite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 trod tread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 Yspyddadon Yspyddadon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 cop _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 incarnation incarnation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 hawthorn hawthorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | 486-97 | a mythological one and the dawn and the incarnation | | | | the clover blossoms *nmod* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | gerund | Kulhwych's mother | the dawn | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | present | the clover blossoms | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | gerund | Olwen's feet | | | | | to the roses; comparable *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **spring up** | participle | the roses | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **tread** | past · perfect | Aphrodite | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | gerund | Yspyddadon | the incarnation | | | | of the sacred hawthorn | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/47/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/47/28/) - ↑ back to [XIII. the Wooing of Olwen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/47/)